Perhaps it's the law-enforcement training in me, but I get the impression from my American friends that carrying a firearm for protection is something where the consequences of doing do isn't fully thought out. The day I have to pull my gun on someone is a very bad day, it's not a TV show, I'm not firing warning shots or grazing limbs, and that fact weighs heavily on my heart daily. I have American girlfriends that carry their guns in their glove box, purse etc and to me carrying it in those places makes carrying a gun useless against a robber/rapist etc. It's a reactionary false sense of security. As a Canadian growing up in the city I've never ever felt so afraid that I feel I would have to carry a firearm. I avoid rapist, robbers ect by practicing street smarts. Then again, perhaps I'm naive and dilliusional.
